Review of the progress in preparing nano TiO2: An important environmental engineering material

Y Wang, Y He, Q Lai, M Fan - Journal of environmental sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
TiO 2 nanomaterial is promising with its high potential and outstanding performance in
photocatalytic environmental applications, such as CO 2 conversion, water treatment, and …

A Review on Metal Ions Modified TiO2 for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants

D Jiang, TA Otitoju, Y Ouyang, NF Shoparwe, S Wang… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
TiO2 is a semiconductor material with high chemical stability and low toxicity. It is widely
used in the fields of catalysis, sensing, hydrogen production, optics and optoelectronics …

Doped TiO 2: the effect of doping elements on photocatalytic activity

A Khlyustova, N Sirotkin, T Kusova, A Kraev… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Doping of TiO2 with various elements increases its photocatalytic activity due to the
formation of new energy levels near the conduction band. Photocatalysis involving titanium …

Band-gap energy estimation from diffuse reflectance measurements on sol–gel and commercial TiO2: a comparative study

R López, R Gómez - Journal of sol-gel science and technology, 2012 - Springer
A comparison of the band gap energy estimated from UV–vis reflectance spectra of TiO 2
powders prepared by sol–gel route versus commercial TiO 2 powders, nanopowder …

Visible Light Driven Heterojunction Photocatalyst of CuO–Cu2O Thin Films for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants

N Dasineh Khiavi, R Katal, S Kholghi Eshkalak… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
A high recombination rate and low charge collection are the main limiting factors of copper
oxides (cupric and cuprous oxide) for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. In …

Synthesis and characterisation of Cu-Doped TiO2 nanoparticles for DSSC and photocatalytic applications

T Raguram, KS Rajni - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, copper-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles were synthesized via sol-gel
technique with different molar concentration of copper precursor (0.025 M-CT-1, 0.05 M-CT …

Nontraditional catalyst supports in surface organometallic chemistry

RJ Witzke, A Chapovetsky, MP Conley… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The field of Surface Organometallic Chemistry (SOMC) aims to blend the positive attributes
of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Significant insight into heterogeneous …

Dye degradation performance, bactericidal behavior and molecular docking analysis of Cu-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles

M Ikram, E Umar, A Raza, A Haider, S Naz… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper-doped TiO2 was prepared with a sol–gel chemical method. Various concentrations
(3, 6, and 9 wt%) of Cu dopant were employed. Several techniques were implemented to …

Copper and Nitrogen co-doped TiO2 photocatalyst with enhanced optical absorption and catalytic activity

R Jaiswal, J Bharambe, N Patel, A Dashora… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cu–N-codoped TiO 2 photocatalyst is synthesized by sol–gel method to obtain enhanced
optical absorption in the visible region. Optimum concentrations of Cu and N were obtained …

Effect of Cu doping on the anatase-to-rutile phase transition in TiO2 photocatalysts: theory and experiments

C Byrne, L Moran, D Hermosilla, N Merayo… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper shows that incorporation of Cu inhibits the anatase to rutile phase transition at
temperatures above 500° C. The control sample, with 0% Cu contained 34.3% anatase at …